Research Infrastructures WP 2012
Call 10 e-Infrastructures part
Topics:
1.2.3 Construction of new infrastructures (or major upgrades) –
implementation phase
3.2: International cooperation with the USA on a common
e-infrastructure for scientific data
3.3: Coordination actions, conferences and studies supporting
policy development, including international cooperation, for
e-infrastructures
European Commission
DG INFSO/F.3
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Call overview
Line of action/Activity
e-infrastructures part
Funding scheme(s)
M€
indicative
1.2 Support to new research infrastructures
1.2.3 Construction of new infrastructures (or major
upgrades) – implementation phase
Combination of Collaborative
projects and Coordination
and Support Actions
(CP-CSA)
20.00
1.3 Support to policy development and programme implementation
INFRA-2012-3.2: International cooperation with the
USA on a common e-infrastructure for scientific data
INFRA-2012-3.3: Coordination actions, conferences
and studies supporting policy development, including
international cooperation, for e-Infrastructures
2.00
Coordination and Support
Actions
(CSA-CA or CSA-SA)
Date of publication: 20 July 2011
Deadline: 23 November 2011, at 17.00.00, Brussels local time
Information Package:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/capacities?callIdentifier=FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1
14.00
1.2.3 Construction of new infrastructures
(or major upgrades) – implementation phase
High Performance Computing (HPC)
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Third implementation phase of PRACE
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Piloting joint pre-commercial procurement of HPC resources
(hw, sw)
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Deploying services for industrial users, including SME’s, e.g.
simulation, prototyping
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Scaling of applications and development of new utilities and
algorithms to address major socio-economic challenges
 Open licensing of new tools
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Broaden training and outreach activities to:
 Engage more user communities
 Ensure human resources in HPC
3.2: International cooperation with the USA on a
common e-infrastructure for scientific data

Establish an EU-US coordination platform aiming at full
interoperability of scientific data infrastructure

Demonstrate the coordination through several joint EU-USA
prototypes -> to ensure persistent availability of data across
scientific domains and national boundaries

Collection of requirements and approaches for
standardisation, lowering access barriers, harmonisation of IP
frameworks, and mechanisms for networking of experts and
multidisciplinary communities

Joint prototypes to leverage and build upon similar initiatives
in Europe and USA
3.2: International cooperation with the USA on a
common e-infrastructure for scientific data
(2)
Expected Impact

Reinforcing the cooperation with the USA in jointly
addressing global scientific challenges through
interoperable RI across the Atlantic

Emphasis on management of scientific data
 addressing the full life cycle of data in the
environment field (topic 3.1; DG RTD)
 Promoting an interoperable data e-infrastructure
(topic 3.2; DG INFSO)

Implemented through a non-binding partnership with
the NSF, each side providing funds for their own
projects
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Investigators work on areas of mutual interest
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Synergies and collaboration with corresponding NSFfunded initiatives mandatory

Complementarity and interlinkage between projects
3.3: Coordination actions, conferences and studies
supporting policy development, including
international cooperation, for e-infrastructures
a)
Developing strategies and/or establishing coordination
structures, e.g.:

Support the European exa-scale computing communities
in international efforts

For extremely large or highly distributed and
heterogeneous scientific databases

Coordination between e-Infrastructure operators
b)
Feasibility studies, concepts, designs and assessments
for e-infrastructures deployed in 2014-2020 in the
areas:

Data infrastructures, cloud infrastructures based on PPP’s,
simulation and prototyping services to industry, software
infrastructures
3.3: Coordination actions, conferences and studies
supporting policy development, including
international cooperation, for e-infrastructures
(2)
c)
Studies and actions for:
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d)
Analysis and promotion of trust-building towards open
scientific data e-infrastructures
Promote future interoperability in the scientific data
domain – including aspects of common standards
Analysis and evaluation of business models for Open
Science in order to achieve financial sustainability
Promotion of open standards and interoperability for grids
and clouds, and creation of frameworks for procurement of
computing services for e-Science – common standards and
relevant actors
Dissemination of results and success stories of European
e-infrastructure projects / Coordination and community
building for citizen-scientist with e-Science and
e-infrastructures
3.3: Coordination actions, conferences and studies
supporting policy development, including
international cooperation, for e-infrastructures
(3)
e) Actions towards development of education-related einfrastructures

Linking scientific repositories and research data
infrastructures to learning resources for skills and curricula
development for information and data scientists; online
platforms for supporting student exchanges
f) International cooperation
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identification and synergy of development aid projects
related to ICT/e-infrastructures
Promoting e-infrastructures of common interest to Europe
and developing regions; etc.
Contributing to efforts in international organisations and
for a supporting e-Infrastructures for global research
communities
3.3: Coordination actions, conferences and studies
supporting policy development, including
international cooperation, for e-infrastructures
(4)
Expected Impact
Support measures are expected to strengthen the development of a
consistent and dynamic European policy for research
infrastructures including the data produced by this infrastructure
• provide solid ground for future choices and help in decision
making and deployment concerning e-Infrastructures.
• Feasibility studies should establish implementable concepts for
future e-Infrastructures.
• Dissemination actions should raise the visibility of the eInfrastructures activity towards wider audiences.
• International cooperation activities: support to efforts to develop
globally connected and interoperable e-infrastructures, in
particular between the EU and developing regions in the world.
– activities related to development aid projects should
provide software tools to support the identification and
rationalisation of interventions of the different donors and
other funding schemes in the targeted regions.
If you have a question…
 Contact person:
 Bernhard Fabianek (topic 1.2.3: PRACE)
 Pekka Karp (topic 3.2: EU-USA)
 Leonardo Flores (topic 3.3: Support actions)
 Krystyna Marek (overall call co-ordination)
 e-mail address:
 INFSO-RI-CALLS@ec.europa.eu
THANKS FOR YOUR
INTEREST!
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